Originally Posted by
Catsmine
Athos,
Those pictures illustrate perfectly the concept of "mission creep." As a former resident of Chattanooga, TN, the second smoggiest city in the world in 1970, I understand completely how EPA funding and local enforcement cleaned up the air and made the river habitable. Now, however, with their original goals accomplished, the bureaucracy has to justify their paycheck so they declare cattle a pollutant and want to regulate puddles after a rainstorm.
Is there still work to be done? Absolutely. Finding solutions for Flint MI and Camp Lejeune and a thousand other sites are critical needs but the mindset of Walter Peck from 'Ghostbusters' isn't going to help anyone or anything